Crocidura denti

Dollman, 1915

Dent's White-toothed Shrew

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Placentalia
Magnorder : Boreoeutheria
Superorder : Laurasiatheria
Order : Eulipotyphla
Suborder : Erinaceota
Family : Soricidae
Subfamily : Crocidurinae
Genus : Crocidura

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Dollman, G. 1915-05-01. On the African shrews belonging to the genus Crocidura. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (8)15(89):507-527.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256086

Original name as described

Crocidura jacksoni denti

Other common names

Dent's Shrew

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.2.13

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ce1dde7a-7448-4754-99ba-a8992d367402

Type locality

between Mawambi and Avakubi, Ituri Forest, DR Congo.

Biogeographic realm

Afrotropic

Country distribution

Guinea · Sierra Leone · Nigeria · Cameroon · Central African Republic · Republic of the Congo · Democratic Republic of the Congo · Uganda · Ethiopia?

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003873

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Crocidura jacksoni denti

Dollman, 1915

Family

Soricidae

Root name

denti

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1907.1.2.13

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ce1dde7a-7448-4754-99ba-a8992d367402

Authority page

516

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256086

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

Dollman (1915:516, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24256086) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/19667)

Crocidura denti

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Soricidae

Root name

denti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

28

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:28) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:72) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Hutterer (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/9714)
  4. Happold & Happold (2013:69) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/27624)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40626) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Wilson & Mittermeier (2018:525) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/57916)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40626) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1003873) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40626/22294411) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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